The new pro-EU Hungarian government’s recent move to forcibly remove the country’s president from office with a constitutional amendment—without first consulting the Constitutional Court—apparently went one step too far even in the eyes of Amnesty International, an NGO that could hardly be accused of being biased in favor of the previous Orbán government. ...
Amnesty International has sparked outrage after issuing a statement condemning political reactions to the murder of British teenager Henry Nowak, while making no criticism of the police conduct that has become central to the controversy.
The organisation intervened as public anger continues to grow over the December killing of the 18-year-old in Southampton and the conduct of officers who...
Spain is set to grant legal residency to more than half a million illegal migrants in one of the largest regularisation programmes seen in Europe in decades.
The Socialist government is expected to approve the measure on Tuesday, marking the biggest move of its kind since former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero carried out a similar scheme in 2005.
Officially,...
Spain’s mass migrant amnesty has attracted almost 900,000 applications, exposing a far larger illegal immigration population than the government previously admitted.
According to the latest figures, the total has already far surpassed the government’s original estimate of around 500,000 beneficiaries and even exceeds higher internal projections of 750,000, despite the...
European conservatives are furious about Spain’s plan to grant legal residency to more than half a million illegal migrants—one of the largest regularisation programmes seen in decades—saying the impact on the continent will be massive.
Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday insisted that this was “an act of justice and a necessity.”
But...
Hold the front page! A new report from Amnesty International has documented “abuses by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups during the attacks of 7 October 2023 on southern Israel and the treatment of those seized and held captive in the occupied Gaza Strip.”
This marks a step up from the civil rights group’s previous low-key recognition that Hamas and others committed...